Radha Vembu

Businessperson

Indian Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Quick Info

ProfessionBusinessperson
NationalityIndian
Date of Birth24/12/1972
Age53 years
BirthplaceChennai, Tamil Nadu

Latest News about Radha Vembu

01/01/2025

Radha Vembu was listed in the Hurun India 2025 Women Leaders report, recognizing her as a prominent business leader. This inclusion highlights her ongoing influence as the majority owner of Zoho Corporation and her contributions to the tech industry.

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Physical Stats & More

Height161 cm (5' 3")
Weight60 kg (132 lbs)
Eye ColorBlack
Hair ColorSalt & Pepper

Educational Qualification(s)

SchoolNational Higher Secondary School, Chennai (Madras) 1990
College/UniversityIIT Madras
Educational QualificationDegree in industrial management from IIT-Madras (1997)

Relationships & More

Marital StatusMarried
Marriage Date19/03/1998

Family

HusbandRajendran Dandapani (Director of Engineering, Business Solutions Evangelist at Zoho)
ChildrenAditya Rajendran
Parents
FatherSambamurthy Vembu (Stenographer at the Madras High Court)
MotherName
Siblings
  • Manikandan Vembu (Businessman)
  • Sekar Vembu
  • Sridhar Vembu (Businessman)
  • Amudha Hari
  • Sridhar Vembu (CEO and Co-founder of Zoho Corporation)

Career

DescriptionRadha Vembu is an Indian entrepreneur who owns a majority stake (47.8%) in Zoho Corporation, a software development company co-founded by her brother Sridhar Vembu in 1996 as AdventNet. She works as Zoho Mail's product manager and director of Corpus Foundation. She is recognized as India's richest self-made woman and the second richest self-made woman in software globally.
Notable Achievements
  • Manage company products among top five business e-mail providers globally
  • Handles Zoho Workplace with a team of 250 people
  • Majority owner of Zoho Corporation with substantial stake
  • Ranked as India's richest self-made woman (2024 Hurun India Rich List)
  • Ranked as second richest self-made woman in software globally (2023 Hurun Global Rich List)
  • Listed in Hurun India 2025 Women Leaders
  • Net worth of approximately 4 billion USD and 47,500 crore INR
  • Topped the Candere Hurun India 2025 list of first-generation wealth creators with net worth of ₹55,300 crore

Some Lesser Known Facts

1. The majority stake owner of Zoho Corporations.
2. Manages Janaki Hi-Tech Agro Private Limited and Highland Valley Corporation Private Limited.
3. Was featured in the Hurun Richest Self-Made Women in the World 2020 list.
4. Believes in creating a bias-free workplace.
5. Prefers to stay 'invisible' and lets the product speak for itself.
6. Actively keeps herself away from the limelight.
7. Came from a middle-class background; her father worked as a stenographer at the Madras High Court.
8. Improved 103 ranks in the Hurun Global Rich List between 2022 and 2023.
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